During the past seven days, 230 suspected diphtheria cases were reported - compared with 298 cases in the previous week – indicating a clear declining trend. UNICEF and partners vaccinated 391,678 children during the second round of the diphtheria vaccination campaign during 27 Jan to 10 Feb.

As of 13 February 2018, 287,200 people have access to safe water and 389,050 people have access to sanitation facilities

UNICEF is providing non-formal education to 81,937 children and psychosocial support to 140,037 children.

Over 25,300 children arrived in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and Spain between January and September 2017, of whom more than 14,800 (58%) were unaccompanied and separated children (UASC). Arrivals in the third quarter of 2017 increased by 33% compared to Q2 2017 (14,800 vs. 11,100).

More than 13,800 unaccompanied and separated children 92% of all children who arrived to Italy through the Central Mediterranean Route were UASC.

As of January 31, 276,950 people have access to safe water through UNICEFsupported tube wells and treatment of surface water. However, the recent risk analysis for floods and landslides concluded that 50% of the water points may be at risk of floods in the main camp area. UNICEF is accelerating training for the WASH sector in preventing acute watery diarrhoea, , preparing for mass chlorination of water points and decommissioning of WASH facilities in risk areas.

It’s only 7am but the heat is already unbearable. Sweat is pouring down my cheeks as I balance myself on a tiny patch of mud ahead of a group of around 3,000 Rohingya refugees. In front of me walks my colleague Zahid Hassan. I can tell from the way he is breathing how nervous he is.

Cox’s Bazar, 28 January 2018 – Stepping up efforts to curtail the ongoing diphtheria outbreak in Cox’s Bazar, WHO and UNICEF are working with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to vaccinate over 350,000 children in the Rohingya camps and makeshift settlements with an additional dose of diphtheria vaccine.

The Child Protection Sub-Sector (CPSS) recognises the need for guidance on types of activities
that children can engage in exchange for money, services, or goods. The CPSS upholds the principle
that the best interest of the child is central to any and all operations.

We adopt the following standards:

Labor or work is defined as any activity in exchange for money, goods, or services. This includes
Cash For Work, use of volunteers to conduct activities, or any other like activity.

The purpose of this minimum standards is to encourage consistency and ensure quality in relation
to the establishment and running of child friendly spaces. This standard uses the term
‘child-friendly spaces’ to mean safe spaces where communities create nurturing environments in
which children can access free and structured play, recreation, leisure and learning activities such
as key messages around WASH, abuse, exploitation, safety, or protecting themselves from harm.

Since August 25 2017, Bangladesh has seen an unprecedented arrival of Rohingya refugees fleeing
targeted violence and serious human rights abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Among the estimated
total of 866,000 refugees that have crossed the border (living in 194,603 households), 55% of this
population are children.

Nearly 688,000 refugees have arrived since 25 August 2017, of which 399,040 are children.

As of mid-January, 41 suspected diphtheria cases have been identified in the host community. The campaign in host community schools for Pentavalent and Tetanus-Diphtheria (Td) vaccination was finalized and reached 168,842 children (97%) of the total target of 174,403 children; 293 cases of measles have been reported during the first two weeks of January 2018.